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Monitoring and modelling coastal lagoons: making management tools for aquatic resources in north Africa
- Melmarina is a three year research project funded under the European
Commission Framework Programme V (Confirming the International role of
Community Research. SECTION A3 - INCO-MED. Sub-section A3d: Regional
Environmental Sustainability - Integrated policy and resource management of
coastal zones).
- The project started in November 2002. The overall aim of the project is
to develop understanding of the functioning of coastal lagoons in North
Africa and to develop tools to enhance the management of these important
aquatic ecosystems.
| Project number | ICA3-CT-2002-10009 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject(s) | no translation available | ||
| Acronym | MELMARINA | ||
| Geographical coverage | Denmark, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, United Kingdom | ||
| Budget (in €) | 760474 | ||
| Programme | INCO MED (FP5) | ||
| Web site | http://www.geog.ucl.ac.uk/melmarina/index.stm | ||
| Objectives | - North African lagoons are vulnerable ecosystems typifying the need to
reconcile environmental sustainability with population growth and economic
development. - This proposal will develop management tools for these aquatic resources. Integrated monitoring and survey programmes will be established for hydrology, water and sediment quality and aquatic ecology. Longer-term changes will be evaluated through the analysis of extant ground data and satellite remote sensing techniques. - Environmental factors controlling vegetation characteristics will be established using hydrological, hydrochemical and ecological data. - A dynamic hydrological/hydraulic 2-D finite element model coupled to a eutrophication model will be applied to each key site and used to evaluate the impacts of future changes associated with sea level rise and water resource developments. |
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| Period | [01/12/2002 - 30/11/2005] | ||
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02/09/2008
